Hey Raus, if you are planning on adding any other small scenes throughout older routes... I would love to get a true one on one Rune top Luke ending nsfw scene option without the [spoiler] stuff.
Spoiler stuff being the whole possession thing with Rune. To me personally, it felt a bit less like Rune and Luke reconnecting after all the fighting because of them interfering especially when comparing it to Burry's. Even if it is just a small variation on that scene!
A question since you are saying that RYT is going to be told the same way it always was going to be told. Does that mean you are still working on the scenes that would need to be censored? Or will they be left behind until you figure out a path forward and then we will need to wait for them to be done after that move?
I am considering joining patreon, and if the scenes are still going to be worked on even if we don't see them immediately as they show up, then I would definitely join.
I haven't played Summoner route with different choices yet, but I think Therium is sort of like a bonus thing?
SPOILER BELOW!!
I don't know if this happens if you accept all of Therium's advances, since I turned him down at times. But at the end of the currently available Summoner route, he turns against you, causing a certain thing to happen which unlocks a new option earlier in the day. I THINK. Which then would be fully Scribbles route?
I'm genuinely just asking if I had reached the last of the available content, none of my comment was meant to rush them.
And if I am understanding "Javier's Route" correctly or not. Since usually "route" suggests romance for most VNs, but it currently still seems to primarily focus on Theo's feelings for Rou. If Rou is the only romance and Javier's "route" is more so to do with Javier's way of investigating, that is also fine. I'm just trying to find out information.
So if you know, let me know!
Does "Javier's path" mean just choosing Javier's plan at the power plant? And not actually a romance path with Javier? Is Rou the only romance?
And is Lawrence knocking on the hotel door the current end of content available?
I'm enjoying it! The writing is good and I like Rou and Javier, however the other characters like David and Monti definitely stick to their tropes a bit too much...
Also seeing that Build 9 will have an ending for Javier's path seems like it will not clear up a lot of stuff... Unless it will be a "bad" end that ends abruptly.
"This game is currently SFW. This will change in future updates."
Assuming you mean sex scenes, then yeah none currently. But it is building relationships with the characters at the moment which is nice instead of just 2 days in and being like "I LOVE YOU!".
There is some gore and horror which could count as a higher age rating? Maybe not 18+ though. Idrk how they categorise gore for age ratings.
First route I did was technically Therium but leaning towards Scribble, I guess? And I enjoyed it, it seems like it will lead to some good moments with Scribble. Currently Scribble would be my favourite even with Summoner path only being 1/3 parts. I don't know what the other 2 parts could be since it seems like that is nearing the end of chapter 1... Unless Scribble's diverts a lot (which it kind of has I guess) compared to the other 3. Looking forward to it! (EDIT BELOW IN SPOILER)
All the art is great so far, especially in Summoner route!
Spoiler-y stuff review thing
Starting the Summoner route again I see that the options that showed up after Therium's thing ate MC are actually at the start now which I assume begins Scribbles actual route which will be some of the next part! Very much looking forward to it then!!
I then did Dallan's route and it was cute; I enjoyed the moments between them. I like his twist in a way, however I felt like it should have been a slight bit more noticeable before the reveal. Maybe lacking eye contact a bit which could be seen as just avoiding eye contact to not fully give it away, stuff like that. At the moment I felt like it kind of just came out of nowhere even with MCs internal dialogue about the times he should have noticed.
Then currently last I have done was Aiden (+Some Argus). And I enjoyed parts of it, I'm glad it is a getting an overhaul though as it does feel slightly different and lacking in ways compared to others. I didn't expect his twist exactly, I thought he was using illusion magic to make Monty look like him since Monty was mentioned a lot but never showed up. Don't know if Monty was supposed to be a red herring or not... But he was to me.
Argus... He is attractive and his CGs are goood, but I definitely do not think anyone can fix that man lmao. I was hoping for (not expecting) him to be more caring after MC showed interest but with his dialogue about his son, it is obvious that won't be happening. Hope I can blow him up later. (i will still be collecting his CG...)
As well as it going into more depth about how MC's highschool teacher has effected him since saying no to Argus nearly causes him to explode but that doesn't occur any other time, although the attempted SA by the highschool teacher was definitely implied before that.
I do wonder how paths like Argus, and I presume Chelsie are going to work in chapter 2 since it seems we stay with the main love interest (at least in Aiden's).
I also hope that the morning of the test is a placeholder and gets overhauled once Chapter 2 is worked on, so we can have MC waking up with love interest.
(Didn't expect to write this much...)
Just finished what is currently there... And wow! I was worried when I got to the end of act 1 because it felt like it was finishing, glad it has an act 2.
This made me cry... The part before the second dish, Tabi. Very good.
How I wish Alex would tell Byte and Loken about stuff though... Something is gonna go wrong because of him keeping secrets, hoping it won't burn any bridges.
But also the way Alex acts is very human with everything that happened, so while I wish he would share stuff; I understand why he struggles to.
However I do have a question, I don't know if I missed stuff or misinterpreted it?
The Blackzones instil a constant Flight or Fight in anyone who doesn't have vigour or unattuned vigour. However there have been multiple examples of people without vigour just not being in that state? Not noticing they are in a blackzone? Like the people of Carmine(Oxtail?) building within one and not noticing. As well as mentions of travellers accidently going into one and dying because they didn't know. And Loken saying he struggles to tell where borders are sometimes because of weak wit?
I guess it could be that the borders have a much weaker psychic effect unless people have Wit? But I feel like people would notice if everyone in their group was feeling even a little anxious all at once.
If anyone knows or interpreted stuff differently then let me know.
Unrelated, Miya has human hair mutation! 0 Wit because of her getting scammed with a bit of trash though... And Takhi sort of has human hair too... She has like long dreads which were more noticeable in the fighting CG, I guess maybe you could make long dreads out of fur but badgers don't have really long fur...
Dang, just got to the end of the current version for Marruk... I will once again have to wait for a couple of updates to consume them all at once. Although may play Rhoun's for this version too...
Loving the story, glad to see I sort of guessed one thing about translating. There was some good suspense building.
I look forward to Marruk opening up, MC apologising, and wherever the story is going to lead.
Edit because I forgot! Love the different emotions and facial expressions for everyone, it adds a lot to their dialogue, especially when it is Marruk smiling :P
Maybe a couple of months ago since I saw the job stuff? Not sure though since I sometimes skip earlier days if I have played them a lot and my memory is bad, but that job part stuck in my brain.
Yeah I will just have to wait for his route to be complete before I continue so I won't be left hanging.
I saw people comment on how if you don't take part in certain character's kinks then days can be slightly more bland, less content, less CGs, ect. Any chance you plan on giving them a final pass once every route is done to add some more vanilla scenes for those who miss out on the kink scenes(of their own volition)?
Like for example if Richard has swinging CGs and if you don't swing, then you get some 1on1 CGs with him instead on those days.
Hope you have a good weekend!
Firstly want to say I love this VN, I have over 170 hours into it somehow...
And I was loving Richard's route, he was in my top 3 routes probably until some of the latest days of his...
Like some others have mentioned, it does feel like there are two different things going on, maybe that is on purpose? People IRL can do say one thing and do another... But we are over half way through his days which makes it harder to swallow. And it does feel like he is just relapsing even when you stop him...
Having Eric not confirm the messages after the picture/video, and taking away player choice for that definitely doesn't help with the way Richard responded.
Him not having set any boundaries at all when Eric sets his makes setting them feel strange.
I'm hoping that the days next will salvage it... But endings really can sour a good start. I will wait until all of his days are complete (minus epilogue) before I do his route again. Hoping for more of a focus on Richard, his children, divorce, ect and not Daniel's crush(and less of his presence since Richard said they would see each other less...)
Also is the whole him quitting the job for his friend ever going to come up? Earlier in his route when you start showing interest he mentions that he is going to stop doing a certain job for his friend(he said it was "landscaping" I think? but obviously not)... I thought that was going to lead to him being a SW but it seems like that has been abandoned and Daniel appeared instead.
(I probably won't reply to anyone being argumentative, ect. I'm not looking to argue, just put down my thoughts.)
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I had a similar thought about Cadgan maybe having made a deal with Ranzkai as a child to cure his sleep disorder, Cadgan's side of the deal being to do with his feelings for Hector. Since it was like the day after that Cadgan and Hector shared a sweet moment that Cadgan no longer had any sleeping issues. (edit:)Cadgan also doesn't seem to have any real issues going into the valley unlike everyone else which I would think hints towards a deal.
Not sure about them merging or anything but guess we will find out!
Spoiler question (+request)
Is it possible to top Rune with it only being Luke?
If not, then any chance a variant could be added to it at some point in the future (not super important) o great dev. I enjoy Rune's route but I would appreciate a way for it to just be Luke topping Rune during the scene as it felt like it was them reconnecting after the whole bath fight, but when Luke gets taken over then he doesn't remember anything right? Feels like it detracts from the reconnecting a bit.
I look forward to playing the new update when I have time :) Acri's backstory is interesting and I wonder how it will loop back directly to Max.
So far really enjoying the story and characters. I do have some questions? Or perhaps not questions but theories? I haven't played Day 10 yet so perhaps these get answered a bit? who knows. but they are spoilers so!
Spoiler warning!
They made a learning AI for the guardians to translate English into Coraynn in their heads, the AI is collecting the words and linking them through context WITH the addition of having the dictionary from MC's phone. SO surely they can use the same AI and its database and put it on a monitor to translate coraynn's written language into english for the MC to use. Right? So either they haven't thought of that or they really don't want MC to have access to anything even though i imagine they could restrict it heavily anyway.
Also the thing about the days being named the same, Marrow's theory would make sense however why would "marks" be used in place of hours if the MC's translating power was changing the day names to make the most sense, since "marks" didn't make sense at all to MC.
Playing through Sal's route on path A. It seems like there are parts that don't register and repeat at a later date.
SPOILERS AHEAD just in case.
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So Sal and Dave already confessed to each other in a way at an earlier day, not sure which one. Now on day 18 Sal is confessing again and Dave is surprised about it, sort of as if the previous day's confessions never happened in this route.
Guessing it will be remedied at some point but wanted to point it out just in case no one else has.
He still does it. If you go onto his patreon then he uploads 2 "updates" every month and bills people twice because of it. Why people are still patreons I do not know...
There is someone in the comments of each update that compiles a changelog and it usually boils down to Bane having switched some dialogue somewhere else or split a day into 2 or something...
I was enjoying the game too and then to find out the updates were not even updates was just time wasted liking the characters. Luckily I didn't become a patreon yet...
Hi! I don't think you need a patreon account to see the public posts. But for the latest update a0.13. There is a download here
http://www.mediafire.com/file/h1asug1z871kxzr/password.demo.free-13-universal-release.apk/file
I got it from the public patreon post. I am no way involved with it! Also on patreon it says "Mobile build, courtesy of Vanzo." So I guess thank them for porting(is that the word?) it!
P.S. I hope I am allowed to post links? If not then someone do tell and I will delete the post!
That makes me really happy to hear. Really glad that you put thought into it. Maybe if I hear later on that Tyson's behaviour has changed for the better then I might try to return to him but right now for myself I don't think I will.
Thanks for the great game and for being friendly!
P.S. Can't wait for the sprite reworks. They are looking really good so far!
Thanks for the reply! I personally don't think it would take away the flaw entirely however it is of course your own work and vision.
I hope we can help him with the situation with his dad. Also I hope it won't romantise abuse at the end of his good route. So far it hasn't romantised it which is good to me. I am personally not triggered (As in actual mental health and not internet meme) by the punch from him (still a bit distressing but nothing major!) but other victims might be. I don't think I will persue him anymore unless you need a password to save him in a later update in someone elses route. Loving the rest of the characters though. Dean and Sal are my favourite so far!
Sorry for the sorta of negative comments. I just wanted to mention it.
Edit: added "good" to "the end of his route".
Loving the game and characters so far. My only problem is with Tyson. Is there a way (or can you add a way?) For us to not get punched in the face while trying to stop him? To me it portrays that he would end up also being abusive in a relationship. Also the main character knew his father is abusing him and yet didn't help at all? Did he at least try to say he would help?
I am assuming that you are going to have us(/main character) help him through accepting he is bi or gay or whatever he may be. I like him mostly except for the punch and of course the coercen which did stop before it got too far at least. Thanks for the good game!
Edit: This of course is me assuming that they will end up in a relationship at the good endings. Which they may not.
Nasir definitely isn't for me. I dislike the way he treats Yoshi but I guess thats all personal. When Razix says about Yoshi having some bridge time and Yoshi looking to Nasir for approval reminds me of an abusive relationship which I mean I know you aren't going for but just something. Also when you disagree with spanking (twice was it? idk) and he still does it in the shower? Not for meee at all. Good work though!
Zed is still my favourite.
Edit: I wrote this before I even finished his route and on the part I just got to (where they go to get food after manifolds or whatever)... Yoshi just doing "okay..." with that sprite and Nasir being like that . Really doesn't sit well with me at all. Super uncomfortable.
Edit 2: This isn't to discredit your work or anything. Just something personal. I don't think I can finish his route so if at the end he is suddenly different then someone do let me know. Thank you for the great VN though and I love every other character's route so far.
